Kelly - Zephaniah 1

Well, there can be no doubt that we have left Habakkuk....Zephaniah doesn't seem to be offering much consolation.

I was struck by v. 12 "I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent...."

There are many sins alluded to in this chapter (idolatry, greed), but complacency is the one that strikes me today. God is furious with those who are complacent. A tepid faith is not faith.

We can rejoice, we can get angry with God, we can argue and bargain and try to persuade God, but it is complacency that God despises.